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S. L'OYD PUZZLE: Dzvrc Filed April 4. 1923 a R n a.

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UN I T ED .S T A T ELS 4SAMUEL LOYD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PUZZLE DEVICE.

Application filed April 4,

To aZ'Z whom t may concern.:

Be it known t-hat I, SAMUEL LoYD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have -invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzle Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in puzzle device.

One of the objects of this invention is to produce a puzzle device in which a number or symbol embodied in one lor a series of panels or tables hereinafter called tabulated symbols7 or tabulated numbers will be exposed simultaneously with one or a series of numbers or symbols, each `of which designates an individual panel or table and which will hereinafter be called index symbols or index numbers.

Another object of this invention is to produce a device in which a series of such tables or panels, each identifiedl by an. index `number, and composed o-f a series of tabulated numbers identified with such index numbe-rs are suitably exposed on one member and preferably on a facing member, and a disc carrying tw-o series of numbers, one of which is .identified with the tabulated numbers Iand the other with the index numbers, is rotatably associated with two openings, preferably in. said facing member, and is, upon rotation, adapted to expose through one of such openings one or a series of index numbers and through the other of such openings a tabulated number that appearsin one or a series of such tables indicated by the index numbers.

Another object` of my invention is to arrange such tabulated and index numbers on a disc .in concentric rows, one of such lrows preferably having its numbers inverted in relation -to the 'other row and said numbers also preferably being arranged with the tabulated number' and its index number or numbers in diametric and aligned opposition thereto.

Another object of this invention is to produce a device in which the tabulated number exposed in one of such openings shall comprise one of a table of numeric permutations and the index numbers shall constitute indices of such numeric permutations.

lith these and other objects in View, the invention comprises the combination of 192B. Serial N0. 629,772.

members and arrangement of parts so combined as to co-act and cooperate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishmentof the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations `the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a plan view of a puzzle device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view ofthe device shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a section yon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the disc dismounted from the. other parts of the device;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic View of a pocket form of my improved puzzle device; and

Fig. 6 is a. vertical section on the line G-G of Fig. 5.

Referring now to Ythese drawings, and particularly to Figs. l to 4C thereof, which illustrate a preferred .embodiment of my invention, A indicates Aa facing member having as illustratedinscribed on vits outer face a series of six tables 01 panels B-C-D- E-F and Gr respectively, Veach of which panels is idividually identified by an index symbol or number., and in the embodiment shown I have employed indices from l to 6 respectively. Each panel or table contains in column formation a series of numbers or other symbols which I shall term tabulated symbols or numbers, each of which tabulated `numbers are suitably identified with the index number and preferably comprising permutations ofthe various combinations of index numbers or indices. Said facing member A may be made as ornamental as desired and is, as illust-rated, provided with two spaced openings or apertures H--I, through one of which an index symbol or number or series of such symbols or numbers or like indicia is adapted to be exposed, and through the other of which a tabulated symbol or number identified with such index symbol or number or series of symbols or numbers, and said tabulated number so exposed preferably comprising a permutation of one or a combination of such index numbers, is vadapted to be exposed simultaneously.

In the embodiment shown, the age of a person may be disclosed simultaneously with an index number or combination of such index numbers designating the panels or tables in which such age is shown.

In the form of my invention illustra-ted in Figs. l to 4s my preferred means for simultaneously disclosing an index number or combination of such numbers with `a per` mutation thereof comprises a circular disc J on which is inscribed `or imprinted two concentric rows of symbols, one of which comprises, as shown, index numbers or combinations thereof and the other of rwhich comprises permutations of such index numbers or combinations of index numbers, and such rows of numbers are Preferably inverted to permit the exposition in upright position through openings on opposite sides of the axis about which said disc rotates of a pair of numberscomprising one or a comliination lof the index numbers from one row wliiehis paired with vits permutation in the other row.

` its villustrated'.in Figs. l to a, an aule K is .mounted at opposite ends in the facing nieniber A and a supporting strip L and the disc J is rotatably mounted on said axle K.v

In the preferred form illustrated in Figs. l to 4, I provide means for 'rotating said disc intermittently to expose an index number or coml'iination ofj numbers simultaneouslywith its paired and tabulated permutation forv a predetermined time interval and then to move so as to expose the next pair of such numbers and so on, and as illusz trated, I connect to said disc, a disc or wheel M having spaced peripheral Iteeth N corre-A sponding in. number and spacing with the positioning of the numbers on .the `disc 'N and each of these teeth is engaged succes-' sively by a rotating, projecting` actuating arm O which moves in a circular path aboutv an axis G and engages, during each cycle of movement, a tooth on said disc N, only' one of which projects into its path of move-- ment at a time and therefore causes the two discs toy be moved for a distance equal to the space between the apieesl of the 'teeth and then releases the same and allows the 'disc to remain stationary yfor a considerable time interval while itis completing the balance of its cycle and until it engages the succeeding tooth. ployed to driye the 'arm and I have indi-I cated a clock-mechanism P for this purpose. In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a modified form of my invention in which A isl an eyelet K which serves as an axle and a backing plate'L, said eyelet K being supported between the facing member A and the backing member Il which is preferably provided with a depressed channel which when the backing and facing members are connected together forms a housing for the disc to permit the rotation thereof at the back off the facing-member and enable the exposure through the openings H-I of the numbers on the disc. As illustratedI provide a notch a in t-he edge of the facing and backing members so as to permit access' of the lingers to'teeth formed onl the periphery of the disc J. I 4

rlheoperation of the device will be apparent from the above description. f

Having described A'my invention, I claim `l. In a puzzle device embodying, in combination, a plurality of tables each comprising a'se'ries of symbols and each table being individually identified with an index symbol, a relatively stationary member having'a pair ofexposure openings therethrough and a member movable at one side of said stationary mamber'and having inscribed thereon two rows of symbols, one of which comprises symbols tabulated in said tables and' the otherof which comprises index symbols indicating vthe tables in which the tabulated symbols will be fo`un`d,' andy means for succ essively exposing identifiable symbols simultaneously.

2. In a puzzle'device, embodying in combination, a'plurality of tables, each com` prising a series of numeric permutations,l

said tables'being identified by numeric indices of the numeric permutations embodied in the tables, a relatively stationary member having a pair of exposure openings there-` through; a member movable at one side of said stationary member and having arranged thereon two rows of numbers, one'of which corresponds with said numeric `permutations and the other of which correspon'ds with the indices of such numeric permutations and indicates the tables in which the` 'former numeric permutations will be found, and means for successively exposing identifiable pairs of such'numeric tions and indices simultaneously.

In a puzzle device embodying in combination, a plurality Aof tables, each comprising a 'series of tabulated symbols and each table being individually identified 'by means of an index symbol, a rotatable disc having' arrangedin two concentric rows thereon two sets of symbols comprising one set of tabulated symbols and another set of index symbols` said symbols beingl arranged in identifiable pairs.

4. In a puzzle device, 'embodying in com-Y bination, a plurality of'tables, each compris-` ing a series of tabulated symbols and each pairs of such perm'utatable being individually identified by means of an index symbol, a rotatable disc having arranged in two concentric rows thereon two sets of symbols comprising one set of tabulated symbols andanother set of index symbols, said symbols being arranged in identifiable pairs and means for exposing said pair of identifiabley symbols simultaneously while covering the balance of the disc. y

5. In a puzzle device, embodying in combination, a relatively stationary member having a pair of exposure openings therethrough and a member movable at one side of said stationary member comprising a rotatable disc having arranged in two concentric rows thereon two sets of symbols comprising one set of tabulated symbols and another set of index symbols, said symbols being arranged in identifiable pairs, and means for exposing through said exposure openings a pair of said identifiable symbols simultaneously.

6. In a puzzle device, embodying in combination, a relatively stationary member having a pair of exposure openings therethrough, a plurality of` tables, each comprising a series of symbols and each table being individually identified with an index symbol all inscribed on said stationary member, a rotatable disc rotatably mounted at one side of said stationary member having arranged in concentric rows thereon two rows of symbols comprising one set of tabulated symbols and another set of index symbols indicating the tables in which said former tabulated symbols may be found, and means for exposing through said exposure openings a pair of said identifiable symbols simultaneously.

7. In a puzzle device, embodying in combination, a relatively stationary member having a pair of exposure openings therethrough, a plurality of tables, each comprising a series of numeric permutations, said tables being identified by numeric indices of the said tabulated numeric permutations, a rotatable disc mounted to rotate at one side of said stationary member and having arranged thereon two concentric rows of numbers, one of which comprises numeric permutations corresponding to said tabulated permutations and the other of which comprises indices corresponding to said indices and indicating the tables in which the said numeric permutations will be found, and being arranged in pairs identifiable by said tabulated permutations and indices, and means for exposing a pair of such numeric permutations and indices simultaneously through said openings.

8. A puzzle device embodying, in combination, a facing member having inscribed thereon a plurality7 of tables, each comprising a series of symbols and each being individually indentified by an index symbol, said facing member also havingl cut therethrough two openings, a disc rotatable in the rear of said facing member having inscribed thereon two rows of symbols corresponding to the said tabulated symbols and index symbols respectively, and said symbols being arranged in identified pairs to cause an identified pair of symbols to be exposed simultaneously through the exposure openings in the facing member when the disc is rotated.

9. A puzzle device embodying, in combination, a facing member having inscribed thereon a plurality of tables, each comprising a series of symbols and each being individually identified by an index symbol, said facing member also having cut therethrough two openings, a disc rotatable in the rear of said facing member having inscribed thereon two rows of symbols corresponding to the tabulated symbols and index symbols respectively, said symbols being arranged in identified pairs so as to cause an identified pair of symbols to be exposed simultaneously through the exposure openings in the facing member and mechanism for rotating said disc intermittently to successively expose such pairs of symbols.

l0. A puzzle device embodying, in combination, a facing member having inscribed thereon a plurality of tables each comprising a series of symbols and each being individually identified by an index symbol, said facing member also having cut therethrough two openings, a disc rotatable in the rear of said facing member having inscribed thereon two rows of symbols corresponding to the tabulated symbols and index symbols respectively, and said symbols being suit-ably spaced and arranged in identified pairs to cause an identified pair of symbols to be exposed simultaneously through the exposure openings in the facing member upon rotation of the disc, mechanism for rotating said disc intermittently to successively expose such pairs of symbols comprising a. toothed wheel having teeth spaced to correspond with the spacing between the numbers on the disc and means for engaging each of said teeth independently to move an identified pair of symbols into exposed position behind the exposure openings in the facing member.

1l. A puzzle device embodying, in combination, afacing member having inscribed thereon a plurality of tables, each comprising a series of numeric permutations and each being individually identified by numeric indices, said facing member also having cut therethrough two openings, a disc rotatable in the rear of said facing member havinlg inscribed thereon two rows of numbers corresponding to the tabulated permutations and indices respectively and said numeric permutations being suitably spaced and arranged in identified pairs to cause an identified pair 0f 'numeric permutations to be `exposed Asi'mtiltaneonsly thircmgh the exposure openings in the facing member upon rotation oit the disc, "ineehanism "for Totating said disc vintermittent'ly to successively expose such pair of numeric pemi'utations comprising a .toothed Wheel having teeth spaced to correspond with .the spacing lloetween the numbers on the disc and means for engagingeach-of said teeth independently lto move an identified pair of numeric mengen permutations inte yexposedl position eiii'nfl the 'expos'm'e openingszin the 'fading member. fd

in witness whereof, have/signed 'my l15 mame to the foiregding'speeiieejtien in fthepresenice of 'two subscribing witnesses. 

